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Five boats with migrants heading to Cyprus appeared to be in distress on Wednesday, amid reports of coastguard pushbacks<\/strong> while children were sick on board.<\/p>\n

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Around 400 migrants appeared to be on the boats, with Amnesty International warning of dangerous conditions.
\nPeople have been at sea for days, with several sick and injured people, sources said.
\nAlarm Phone, which offers a hotline for refugees in distress in the Mediterranean, posted on X a day earlier that there were two boats in a convoy on their way to Cyprus.
\n\u201cThey have no food and water left. There is no fuel left and they cannot continue their journey.
\n\u201cOne group called us, saying that they were approached by a ship of the police. According to them, they were threatened with guns and told to go back to Syria<\/strong>.\u201d
\nAlarm Phone added it later had contact with another two boats but was aware of five boats \u201ctrapped at sea between Cyprus and Lebanon\u201d.
\nIt claimed the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) was not helping while Lebanon\u2019s authorities said \u201cthey will not accept any of the people and told us they should be returned to Syria.
\n\u201cThese people are trapped in a cruel and dangerous game<\/strong> between Cyprus and Lebanon and remain at sea with no food or water and in urgent need of help!\u201d
\nWatch The Med Alarm Phone was initiated in October 2014 by activist networks and civil society actors in Europe and Northern Africa. The project established a self-organised hotline for refugees in distress in the Mediterranean sea.
\nThe JRCC told the Cyprus Mail there was no operation in place at the moment to rescue any boats.
\nPolice said it could not immediately comment on the situation, hinting at the latest \u201cpolitical decision\u201d over migration.
\n\u201cWe are alarmed about reports of the dangerous conditions aboard two boats heading to Cyprus, carrying dozens of people, including children, at sea for days,\u201d Amnesty EU said on Tuesday night.
\n\u201cSeveral of those on board are sick, and they have now run out of food, water, and fuel.\u201d
\nIt called on Cyprus\u2019 authorities to take immediate action and rescue the people at sea<\/strong>.
\nOn Tuesday, police confirmed Cyprus would deploy coastguard patrol boats off the coast of Lebanon to intercept migrant boats.
\nOn the same day, it said the two vessels,\u00a0Alasia\u00a0and\u00a0Theseus had already intercepted the first boats which were sent back to Lebanon, for which Cyprus notified the authorities about.
\nThe developments\u00a0follow a mutual understanding reached with\u00a0Lebanon last week.
\nOver the weekend Cyprus announced that it would also suspend asylum seeker applications for Syrian nationals, over which experts have sounded the alarm .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Five boats with migrants heading to Cyprus appeared to be in distress on Wednesday, with reports of coastguard pushbacks and sick children on board. The migrants have been at sea for days, with some sick and injured individuals. One group reported being threatened with guns and told to go back to Syria. The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) and Lebanon’s authorities have not provided assistance, leaving the migrants trapped at sea between Cyprus and Lebanon without food or water. Amnesty International has called on Cyprus’ authorities to rescue the people at sea. Cyprus has deployed coastguard patrol boats to intercept migrant boats off the coast of Lebanon, and has suspended asylum seeker applications for Syrian 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